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| 2005 | May 19 - 24 | Mandaluyong | and Competition |
2006 | June 1 - 8 | Mandaluyong | and Competition |
| 2007 | October 12 - 21 | Quezon | and Competition |
Wu Shan Chang (Taiwan), Yang Kuo Yin (Taiwan); Mike Morden, Mrs. Fely S. Gupit, Yumie S. Gupit, Oding Reyes |
| 2008 | May 3 - 11 | Quezon | and Competition |
Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Tang Kim Hong (Taiwan), Tzen Chin Yi (Taiwan); Raymond Cordero, Dr. Emer Cruz, Erwin Miranda, Fely Gupit, Mike Morden, Joel Embuscado, Glenn Gasid, Romy Dino |
| 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | May 15 - 30 | Mandaluyong | With the cooperation of Bulacan Bonsai Artists Inc., Kapampangan Horticulture, and the Bonsai Artists Association of Tarlac | |
| 2011 | May 6 - 30 | Quezon | and Competition |
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| 2012 | May 8 - 11 | Pampanga | Friendship Federation (ABFF) 2012 Exhibition and Convention |
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| 2013 | May 30 - June 5 | Quezon | ||
| 2014 | May 23 - June 1 | Pasig | and Competition 2014 |
Judges were BCI president Dr. Thomas Elias (USA), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Yen Tzu-Ching (Taiwan), and Tan Chin-Fen (Taiwan). |
| 2015 | May 13 - 20 | Quezon | and Competition 2015 |
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| 2016 | March 17 - 20 | Makati | Joint with BCI; Dr. Tom Elias (USA), Peter Huang (China), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), Xu Wen Ren (Taiwan), William Valavanis (USA), Ricky Wu (Hong Kong & China); some 280 bonsais and 80 stones | |
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| 2019 | March | Quezon City, Metro Manila | ||
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| 2023 | June 10 - 12 | Bay City, Pasay, Philippines | ||
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| 2002 | November | Abano Terme (PD), Italy | 56 samples of bonsai and suiseki from all over Europe; Tomio Yamada, Susumu Sudo, and Hideo Suzuki; Professor Giangiorgio Pasqualotto. | |
| 2003 | ||||
| 2004 | November | Wiesloch, Germany | exhibition of 46 bonsai and suiseki samples; Hideo Suzuki, Chiharu Imai, Hisaaki Nogami, Tomio Yamada. | |
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| 2008 | November 14 - 16 | Bressanone, Italy | 33 exhibitors from various European nations; Kunio Kobayashi; Professor Aldo Tollini. | |
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| 2010 | November 12 - 15 | Padua, Italy | 44 exhibitors from different European nations; Kunio Kobayashi (Japan); Paolo Rigotti, Mario Sandri, Xavier Redon Peinado e Adriano Nalon, Paolo Giai, Lorenzo Agnoletti, Bruno Mazza, Edoardo Rossi, Hartmuth Münchenbach, and Nicola Crivelli; Mirko Storari, Professor Giangiorgio Pasqualotto, Professor Aldo Tollini, Fabio Smolari, and Edoardo Rossi. | |
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| 2012 | November 2 - 5 | Peñiscola, Spain | Chiharu Imai, Tomio Yamada, Edoardo Rossi, D. Fidel Vives, Professor Aldo Tollini, and Professor D. Angel Chamorro. | |
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| 2014 | November 7 - 9 | Fiesole, Florence, Italy | ||
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| 2016 | October 28 - 30 | Rome, Italy | Kunio Kobayashi | |
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| 2018 | November 2- 4 | Alcalà De Xivert, Spain | Tomio Yamada, Minoru Akiyama | |
| 2019 | ||||
| 2020 | Postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. | |||
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| 2022 | November 11 - 14 | Vico Equense, Italy | Tomio Yamada, Chiharu Imai, Keiko Ando, Alberto Giacomelli, Giangiorgio Pasqualotto, Aldo Tollini | |
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| 2024 | November 8 - 10 | Soave, Veneto, Italy | Kunio Kobayashi, Aldo Tollini | |
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| 1980 | December | Cape Town | 3-days, 90 x 80' exhibit hall for about 500 bonsai, commercial hall for 14 different vendors; Charles Ceronio (Sep 5) gave a talk on "The Winds of Change to Indigenous Bonsai Styles for South Africa." | |
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| 1983 | October 16 - 18 | Durban | ||
| 1984 | October 10 - 14 | Johannesburg | "Bonsai -- Beauty and Harmony" |
John Naka and Shigeo Katō |
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| 2009 | September 24 - 27 | Pretoria | "Bonsai: Excellence in Africa" | Farrand Bloch (Holland), Václav Novák (Czech Republic) |
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| 2013 | October 24 - 27 | Johannesburg | Rob Kempinski (BCI Chairman, USA), Michael Hagedorn (USA), Walter Pall (Germany) | |
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| 2017 | November 17 - 19 | Port Elizabeth | ||
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| 2023 | November 4 - 5 | Durban | Stefan Pretorius, Brett Simon; Shaun Murphy, Schalk vd Merwe, Scott Bredin, Farouk Patel, Darryl Clifford. | |
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| 2009 | October 31 - November 2 | Chung Hwa, Taiwan | Some 500 selected bonsai and 300 suiseki were exhibited by the Taiwan Pine Association, Hwa Fong (National Bonsai Association of Taiwan) and the Taiwan Bonsai Creators to commemorate the 10th Asia-Pacific Bonsai & Suiseki Exhibition and Convention; Shinji Suzuki (Japan, demo), Chien Liang Chen (Taiwan, demo), William N. Valavanis (USA, demo), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico, demo), Arishige Mastuura (Japan, lecture: suiseki), Qing Qung Zhao (China, demo), David Benavente (Spain, demo), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia, demo), Salvatore Liporace (Italy, demo), Chung Hong Lee (Taiwan, demo), Yu Chuan Chou (Taiwan, demo), Lindsay Bebb (Australia, demo), Yi Long Chan (Taiwan, demo), and Kuo An Lee (Taiwan, demo). | |
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| 2023 | October 14 - 19 | Xizhou, Changhu, Taiwan | ||
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| 2006 | November 17 - 22 | In conjunction w/2006 ABFF Bonsai Convention | ||
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| 2013 | October 12 - 20 | Taichung | ||
| 2014 | November 15 - 23 |
Taichung | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Li Zhong Hong (Taiwan), Yan Zi Jing (Taiwan), He Guo Ming (Taiwan). | |
| 2015 | October 17 - 25 |
Taichung | ||
| 2016 | November 5 - 13 |
Taichung | ||
| 2017 | November 4 - 26 |
Taichung | Over 135 bonsai were displayed. There was only one winning bonsai and eleven bonsai which received gold awards. | |
| 2018 | October 27 - November 4 |
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| 2019 | November 1 - 10 |
Changhua County, Taiwan | ||
| 2020 | November 14 - 22 |
The most important annual show held in Taiwan, with 26 clubs each submitting 10 trees. | ||
| 2021 | November 10 - 28 |
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| 2022 | September 24 - October 2 |
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| 2023 | November 25 - December 3 | Pingtung County, Taiwan | "There are more than 150 works on display by 170 tree friends from 14 countries. The event is unprecedented and is expected to attract 10,000 visitors from home and abroad." | |
| 2024 | November 16 - 24 | Pingtung County, Taiwan | 150 excellent trees on exhibit; Philippines BSAPI had the biggest delegation w/23 participants; Best in Show Winner Master Wu, 2nd placer Winner BSAPI member Charlie Lee. | |
| 2025 | October 18 - 26 | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| 2019 | January 26 - 27 | Aranjuez | Hiroaki Suzuki (Japan), Sandro Segneri (Italy), Marcio Meruje (Portugal), Germán Gómez (Spain), Gabriel Romero (Spain) | |
| 2020 | January 24 - 26 | Aranjuez | Manuel Germade (Spain), Edoardo Rossi (Italy), Pablo Comesaña (Spain), Kazuo Yajima (Japan) | |
| 2021 | January 23 - 24, 30 - 31 | Virtual show due to COVID-19 concerns. Demonstrations by Manuel Germade (Spain), Marcio Meruje (Portugal), Andrés Bicocca (Argentina), Gabriel Romero (Spain), Sebastian Fernandez (Spain), Pablo Comesaña (Spain) | ||
| 2022 | January 21 - 23 | Aranjuez | Kazuo Yajima (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Felipe Dallorto (Brasil) | |
| 2023 | January 27 - 29 | Aranjuez | Kazuo Yajima (Japan), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Andrés Bicocca (Argentina), Salvador De Los Reyes (Spain), Rafael Torres (Spain); Yuuki Ceramics (Spain), Arisa Nishino (Japan), Manuel Germade (Spain) | |
| 2024 | January 19 - 21 | Aranjuez | Kazuo Yajima (Japan), Bjorn Bjorholm (USA), Koji Hiramatsu (Japan), Sebastián Fernández (Spain), Luis Vallejo (Spain), Pachi G. Pavia (Spain), Andrés Álvarez (Spain) | |
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| 1997 | May 16 - 18 | Imola | Craig Coussins (Scotland) [in four hours, a several foot wide forest planting on a fibreglass resin by Eugenio Zardi, assisted by a wonderful team of some of the best young bonsai artists in the region] | |
| 1998 | October 30 - November 1 | Casabianca di Fermo | Joint w/EBA | |
| 1999 | ||||
| 2000 | April 27 - May 1 | Arco | Joint w/EBA; Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands); Lorenzo Agnoletti, Michele Andolfo, Adriano Bonini, Patrizia Capellaro (Italy), Aldo Cipollini Carlo, Cetorelli, Donato Danisi, Marco Invernizzi, Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Andrea Parolari Emilio Melloni, Sandro Segneri, Gaetano Settembrini, Alfiero Suardi, Ken Ziliani; Prof. Augusto Marchesini, C. Padrini, Danilo Bonacchi, Prof. Ferruccio Poli | |
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| 2005 | May 6 - 8 | Arco di Trento | ||
| 2006 | June 1 - 4 | Alberobello | ||
| 2007 | February 23 - 25 | Fermo | Salvatore Liporace | |
| 2008 | May 2 - 5 | Arco | ||
| 2009 | March 20 - 22 | Salerno | Salvatore Liporace, Adolfo Michele, Enrico Savini | |
| 2010 | April 16 - 18 | San Marino | Marco Invernizzi, Carlos Van Der Vaart (Holland), Peter Warren (UK) | |
| 2011 | April 1 - 3 | Sanremo | Luciana Queirolo (suiseki), Ryan Neil (USA; demo, demo/work), Jenny Banti Pereira (demo/work: ikebana), Prof. Perino ("Introduction to the Painting Giapponese"), Marc Noelanders (Belgium; demo/work), Beppe Mokuza (work: sumi-e painting), Bandera Maximum ("The Bonsai between tradition and innovation in Japan and the world"), Dr. Claudius Littardi | |
| 2012 | May 4 - 6 | Arco (Trentino) | Giorgio Castagneri, Aldo Cetorelli, Nicola Crivelli, Armando Dal Col, Donato Danisi, Antonio Gesualdi, Adriano Nalon, Paolo Olivieri, Mario Pavone, Alfredo Salaccione, Gaetano Settembrini, Federico Springolo, Mauro Stembergher, Alfiero Suardi, Mirko Tedeschi. | |
| 2013 | April 19 - 21 | Vieste (FG) | Taiga Urushibata (demo), Fabrizio Zorzi (demo), Silvia Orsi (lect: Shitakusa Kusamono) | |
| 2014/font> | April 11 - 13 | Torino | ||
| 2015 | April 10 - 12 | Marostica | Mauro Stemberger, Igor Carino, Rocco Cicciarello, Carlos van der Vaart, Sean Smith, Valentin Brose. | |
| 2016 | May 6 - 8 | Marostica | In conjunction with Arco Bonsai; ; David Benavente Lòpez, Rock Junior, Seok Kim Ju. | |
| 2017 | March 10 - 12 | Jesi | Marco Invernizzi, Enrico Savini | |
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| 2019 | Firenze | |||
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| 2021 | Postponed until 2022 due to COVID-19 concerns. | |||
| 2022 | September 16 - 18 | Reggio Emilia | ||
| 2023 | June 23 - 25 | Foligno | ||
| 2024 | August 26 - 28 | Arco, Trentino | In conjunction with Arco XXII. | |
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| 2018 | April 8 | West London, UK | ||
| 2019 | April 7 | West London, UK | ||
| 2020 | none | |||
| 2021 | none | |||
| 2022 | May 8 | West London, UK | ||
| 2023 | April 16 | Crawley, UK | ||
| 2024 | April 14 | West London UK | ||
| 2025 | April 13 | West London UK | ||
| 2026 | April 12 | West London UK |
U. S. NATIONAL BONSAI EXHIBITION (USNBA)
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| 2008 | October 11 - 12 | Rochester, NY | 138 exhibits (Oct 11)featuring 194 bonsai from 90 artists coming from 26 states and Puerto Rico; Seiji Morimae (Japan), Peter Warren (England), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosol, Dr. Alice W. Chen | |
| 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | June 12 - 13 | Rochester, NY | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Dr. Alice W. Chen, Sean Smith; Trees from the following collections were on display: The US National Bonsai & Penjing Museum (US National Arboretum, Washington, DC), The Montreal Bonsai & Penjing Collection (Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada), The Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection (Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA), The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Bonsai Collection (Brooklyn, NY), The North Carolina Arboretum Bonsai Collection (Asheville, NC), The Chicago Botanic Garden Bonsai Collection (Chicago, IL), The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection (Weyerhaeuser Company's Bonsai Collection, Federal Way, WA), Iseli Nursery Bonsai Collection (Iseli Nursery, Boring, OR), The James J. Smith Bonsai Collection at Heathcote Botanical Gardens (Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Fort Pierce, FL), The Kennett Bonsai Collection (Kennett Square, PA); $8,300 was given for nine awards by three international judges: Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Farrand Bloch (Holland), and David Easterbrook (Canada); 95 exhibitors from 27 states, over 225 beautiful bonsai masterpieces. | |
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 | June 9 - 10 | Rochester, NY | 353 bonsai were entered by 118 exhibitors. Total bonsai on display was 248 by 95 exhibitors. Some bonsai were withdrawn after being accepted because of the tree's health. There were 185 formal displays including 18 shohin bonsai compositions with 80 individual specimens. 30 states were represented in addition to Canada and Puerto Rico. | |
| 2013 | ||||
| 2014 | September 13 - 14 | Rochester, NY | 175 display areas having 320 individual bonsai, including 40 shohin bonsai compositions with 120 small size bonsai; over 125 species and plant cultivars were displayed; 107 exhibitors from 27 states, plus, three special exhibitor groups from two provinces of Canada; leading botanical gardens and arboreta with significant bonsai collections in the U.S. also brought trees for special exhibits; fifty suiseki were displayed by 29 exhibitors; three judges were Hiroyoshi Yamaji (Japan), Peter Warren (England), and David Easterbrook (Canada). | |
| 2015 | ||||
| 2016 | September 10 - 11 | Rochester, NY | Sean L. Smith ("Suiseki -- Japanese Viewing Stones"), Michael Ryan Bell ("Bonsai Containers"), Peter Warren (England, demonstration), Enrique Castaño (Mexico, demonstration), Tony Tickle (England, demonstration), Minoru Akiyama (Japan, demonstration). | |
| 2017 | ||||
| 2018 | September 8 - 9 | Rochester, NY | From 27 states, 121 cultivars, 136 exhibitors, 281 trees, and 120 trees in 29 shohin compositions; 40 volunteers assisted Bill Valavanis; Taiga Urushibata (Japan), Glenis & Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Sean Smith, and Michael Ryan Bell. | |
| 2019 | ||||
| 2020 | Postponed until next year due to COVID-19 concerns. Scheduled were: Koji Hiramatsu (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Gerald Rainville (Canada). Please see this Best of US National Video by Bonsai Empire. | |||
| 2021 | September 11 - 12 | East Rochester, NY | Revised judge list: Enrique Castano (Mexico), Kathy Shaner (US), Marco Invernizzi (Italy); Kusamono exhibit with Young Choe and suiseki exhibit with Sean Smith. A Sold-Out Event in part due to COVID-19 crowd-restrictions. | |
| 2022 | ||||
| 2023 | September 9 - 10 | Rochester, NY | Koji Hiramatsu (Japan), Gerald Rainville (Canada), Corin Tomlinson (England), Sean Smith (US). With Invitational Suiseki Exhibit. | |
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | September 13 - 14 | Rochester, NY | Toru Suzuki (Japan). In association with the American Bonsai Society Learning Seminar. |
U. S. NATIONAL SHOHIN BONSAI EXHIBITION (USNBA)
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| 2017 | June 23 - 25 | Kannapolis, NC |
30 exhibitors from 13 states transported and displayed 191 shohin and small size bonsai.
Suthin Sukosolvisit, Kathy Shaner, Michael Lebanik, and John Romano each conducted a workshop for only eight
participants. Michael Ryan Bell, Mark Arpag, Sean Smith and William N. Valavanis -- who organized this
event with assistance -- presented ten lecture demonstrations. Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sokolosovisit and Bill
Valavanis judged the exhibition and conducted a group critique. Twenty-two vendors brought their finest bonsai
(all sizes), containers, pre-bonsai display tables, educational material as well as supplies for both the
registrants and walk in public. |
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| 2018 | ||||
| 2019 | June 28 - 30 | Kannapolis, NC | 29 exhibitors. Minoru Akiyama (Japan), Peter Warren (UK), along with Marc Arpag, Michael Ryan Bell, Mark Fields, Carlos A. Morales, David Paris, John Romano, Michael Sullivan, Sean Smith, and Wm. N. Valavanis. | |
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| 1989 | April 6 - 9 | Omiya, Japan | "World Peace Through Bonsai" |
Some 1237 delegates from 32 countries, approx. 40% Japanese and 60% from abroad;
Saburo Kato (demo: Ezo spruce group planting), Hiroshi
Takeyama (demo: stewartia grove), Hideo Kato, Masahiko Kimura, Susumu Nakamura,
Jiro Fukuda, Toshinori Suzuki, Shinji Ogasawara, Tsunekazu Nakajima (demo: informal
upright five-needle pine), Kanekazu Yoshimura, Koji
Amakawa, Masao Komatsu, Hideo Chugun, Eijiro Hiruma, Noburo Kaneko
(work: coniferous group planting) (all Japan) [See Also:
"Our Japan Trip Report" by Jack Wikle,
Journal, ABS, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 12-21, with 27 b&w and 1
color photo and 2 line drawings] |
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| 1993 | May 27 - 31 | Orlando, FL, USA | "New Horizons" |
In conjunction w/BCI & ABS; 700 - 900 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan, demo: 39 tree Stewartia monodelpha forest) (Oct 15), John Naka (California, USA, demo: 111 Florida elm forest from a preplanned computerized sketch), Yuji Yoshimura (New York, USA, lect-demo: shimpaku juniper rock planting); Pius Notter (Switzerland, demo: Ponderosa pine), Ben Oki (California, USA, demo: two bald cypresses & work: Podocarpus), Rod Clemons (Georgia, USA, demo: shimpaku juniper and Kingville boxwood forest on stone slab), Mary Madison (Florida, demo & work: buttonwood), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico, demo: triple trunk Neea buxifolia & work: Ficus neriifolia clump) Ben Oki (California, USA), Russell Coker (Florida, USA, demo & work: Texas cedar elm), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands, demo: jaboticaba & work: San Jose juniper and Hinoki cypress), Vaughn Banting (Louisiana, USA, demo: bald cypress group), James J. Smith (Florida, USA, demo: Ficus neriifolia & work: for children), Mas Imazumi (California, USA, work: juniper), Qingquan Zhao (China, demo: penjing planting on 48" white marble slab & work), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan, demo: buttonwood), Keiko Yamane (Japan, demo & work: kusamono), Paul Imada (Hawaii, USA, demo: Casuarina equisetifolia informal upright), Larry Ragle (USA, lect: suiseki), Felix Rivera (USA, lect: suiseki), Pat Vanders (USA, lect: suiseki). [See Also: "It Was An Experience" by Martin L. Mann et al, Bonsai, BCI, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 9-36, with 97 b&w and 16 color photos by Randy Clark, Charles Roy and Pius Notter, plus 3 lines drawings by John Naka and 1 by Paul Imada] |
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| 1997 | October 24 - 28 | Seoul, Korea | Approx. 200 overseas delegates, over 400 participants from 20 countries and a large exhibit of 220 Korean bonsai; Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato (Japan), Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), Hiroshi Takeyama, Haruhiko Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), John Naka (California, USA), Maria Teresa Volonterio, Hideo Saito, Ben Oki (California, USA), Hiroshi Suzuki, Lorenzo Malberti, Marina Pavanello, Othmar Auer | |
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| 2001 | May 31 - June 4 | München, Germany | In conjunction w/EBA ; over 100,000 visitors to the event; Walter Pall, François Jeker, Angel Mota, Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Serge Clémence, Saburo Kato (Japan), Hirosi Takeyama, Toru Suzuki, Osamu Komatu, Shinichi Nakajima, I. C. Su (Taiwan), Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Chen Jen-Liang, Solita Tafur Rosade (Colombia & USA), Gill Taylor-Duxbury, Patrizia Cappellaro (Italy), Sabine Weber, Kirsten van Croonen-borgh. | |
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| 2005 | May 28 - 31 | Washington, D.C. | "Bringing the World Together Through Bonsai" |
In conjunction w/ABS, BCI & NBF, some 951 registrants; Jim Barrett (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Lindsay Bebb (Australia, work & demo), Charles Ceronio (South Africa, demo), Thomas Elias (USA, lect: bonsai history), Luis Ricardo Garcia (Venezuela, demo), Gadiel Gonzalez, Jr. (Puerto Rico, work & demo), Don Gould (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Guy Guidry (USA, demo & work), Kemin Hu (China & USA, lect: Chinese scholars' rocks), Marco Invernizzi (Italy, demo & work), Arthur Joura (lect: interesting native species), Mary Madison (USA, work & demo), Koichi Masumi (Japan, work: shohin & demo), Arishige Matsuura (Japan, lects: suiseki and suiseki display), Hideo Metaxas (USA, lect: suiseki in California), Roy Nagatoshi (USA, work: Ponderosa pine & demo), Nikunj & Jyoti Parekh (India, work: black olive), Solita Rosade (Colombia & USA, work: for children & demo), Kathy Shaner (USA, demo & work), Lindsay Shiba (USA, demo & work), Arthur Skolnik (Canada, demo & work), Robert Steven (Indonesia, demo), Jack Sustic (USA, work: California juniper), Hiroshi Takeyama (Japan, demos & work), Steven Tolley (UK, work & demo), William Valavanis (USA, lect: bonsai display & work ), Keiko Yamane (Japan, works: grass planting), Qingquan 'Brook' Zhao (China, demo & work: land and water penjing). |
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July 7 - 13 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Tohru Suzuki (Japan), François Jeker (France), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan),
Mrs. Chen (China), William Valavanis (USA), Xec Fernandez (Spain), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand/USA),
Lindsay Shiba (USA), Robert Stevens (Indonesia), Sean Smith (USA), Martin Schmalenberg (USA),
Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Jim Doyle (USA), Louis Nell (South Africa), Sujey & Ruppa Shah (India),
Rafael Rebollo (Chile), Jesus Ignacio Marín (Venezuela), Juan Manuel Andrade (Costa Rica), Roberto
Martínez (Puerto Rico), Pedro J. Morales & Puerto Rico team, Masakuni Kawasumi III (Japan) |
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| 2013 | September 24 - 28 | Jitan, Jiangsu, China | Hu Leguo (China), Zhao Qingquan (China), Ng Shing-Fat (Hongkong, China), Chen Wenjuan (China), Jyoti & Nikunj Parekh (India), Isao Oomachi (Japan), Takashi Sakurai (Japan), Masashi Hirao (Japan), Koji Hiramatsu (Japan), Václav Novák (Czech Republic), Grant Bowie (Australia), Tony Bebb (Australia), Joy Morton (New Zealand), Brian Donnelly (Canada), Danial Lafortune (Canada), Robert Smith (Canada), William N. Valavanis (USA), Boon Manakitivipart (USA), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand), Jack Sustic (USA), Bjorn Bjorholm (USA), Brussel Martin (USA), David Easterbrook (USA), Sergio Luciani (Argentina), Nacho Marin (Venezuela), German Arellano (Colombia), Rock Junior (Brazil), Juan Manuel Andrade (Costa Rica), Daniel Daza (Chile), Vic Ceballos (Philippines), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Lee Jong Hong (China) | |
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| 2017 | April 27 - 30 | Saitama, Japan | "Bonsai, Towards the Next 100 Years" |
Masahiko Kimura, Hiroshi Takeyama, Kunio Kobayashi, Shinji Suzuki; Minoru Akiyama, Shigeo Isobe, Chiharu Imai, Taiga Urushibara, Kenji Oshima, Isao Omachi, Takashi Sakurai, Masayuki Fujikawa, Mitsuo Matsuda, Chie Yamasaki; Werner M. Busch (Germany/Europe), Hannes Fritz (Africa), Jyoti & Nikunj Parekh (India), Zhao Qingquan (China), Michael Siow Chee Long (Asia Pacific), Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Bjorn Bjorholm (North America), Juan Andrade (Central and South America); in attendance were 1,200 people registered from 40 foreign countries, and some 45,000 visitors (20,000 were expected) during the four-day event; there has never been the quantity of award-winning bonsai and "Important Bonsai Masterpieces" displayed in one venue, continuous demonstrations by the top bonsai artists of Japan and foreign artists, plus special exhibits from private bonsai collections, a display from the Imperial Bonsai and Container Collection, photographic displays of bonsai from around the world and how the art developed culturally, a special display of Saika Bonsai by the founder Kaori Yamada, and the Nippon Suiseki Association assembled the top 100 suiseki from throughout Japan. And a Grande Finale. |
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| 2021 | October 14 - 17 | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | Postponed until 2022 due to COVID-19 concerns. | |
| 2022 | October 8 - 16 | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 'Doornjil Yoordaniny: Coming Together - Moving Forward' |
Virtual because of COVID-19 lockdowns. Joint with Australian Bonsai Association; Demonstrators: Hugo Zamora (Latin America Region), Kim Seok Ju (Asia-Pacific Region), Ravindran Damodar (South Asia Region), Zhang Zhigang (China Region), Shinji Suzuki (Japan Region), Marc Noelanders (Europe Region), Michael Hagedorn (North America Region), Jonathan Cain (Africa Region), Tony Bebb (Australia-New Zealand Region); Local Demonstrators Tony Bebb and Joe Morgan-Payler, Seiji Morimae (Suiseki display critiques), Frank Mihalic (Bonsai Pendant Workshops), Nacho Marin; photographic exhibition of trees and of suiseki; large open marketplace and online auction. |
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| 2026 | August 28 - 31 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | "Unity in Diversity" |
ZHONGGUO FENG PENJING EXHIBITION (ZF)
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| 2016 | October 2 - 6 | Shanghai, China | Li Yunlong (China), Zhao Qingquan (China), Carla Spinellia (Italy), Yamazaki Chie (Japan), Robert Steven (Indonesia), Yu Qingyuan (Taiwan), Wang Yuankang (China), Enrique Castano (Mexico); this time only xiaopin penjing (Shohin) were exhibited together with wild grass (Kusamono), there was also tea ceremony and classical Chinese music performance, bonsai and ceramic pots making demonstration, etc. | |
| 2017 | September 28 - October 3 | Rugao, China | the biannual National Forum Penjing Exhibition and the National Xiaopin Penjing Exhibition were consolidated starting this year; Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Robert Steven (Indonesia), Chen Jian Liang (Taiwan), Nacho Marin (Venezuela), Sergio Luciani (Argentina), Enrico Savini (Italy), Pavel Slovak (Czech Republic), Milan Roskos (Slovakia), Andrew Campbell (England), Chris Xepapas (Australia), Wlodzimierz Pietraszko (Poland), Dario Mader (Switzerland), Elsa Boudouri (Greece), Dominique Bosch (Holland), Jun Llage (Philippines), Sandra Grica (Germany), Jennifer Price (USA); over 200 exhibit areas and over 300 vendors | |
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| 2019 | October 19 - 21 | Nanjing, China | 18 demonstrations with artists from China, Japan, Germany, Argentina, Malyasia, Puerto Rico, and William N. Valavanis (US) who demonstrated on an ancient Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); five or six demos on the stage at each time; 182 large penjing, 356 shohin bonsai compositions, each with at least 5-7 individual trees; over 10,000 visitors, 140 invited local and international guests | |
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| 2022 | October 19 - 21 | Nanjing, China | International Bonsai ArtFest 2022 with 2nd WORBAC Congress. "Renaissance of Penjing Art begins in Yixing..." | |
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| 2024 | October 16 - 19 | Yixing, China | In concert with "International Ceramic Art Festival." Salvatore Liporace (IT), Nacho Marin (Venezuela), Carlos Van der Vaart (Netherlands), Hugo Zamora (Latin America Region), Robert Steven (Indonesia), Andrea Junger (Germany) | |
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